Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County ( Péngshu Miáozú T ji zúzìzhìxiàn) is located in southeastern Chongqing, China. It is 270 kilometres away from Downtown Chongqing. In 593 (Sui Dynasty), Pengshui District ( ) was established. "Pengshui" means "Peng River", and was the old name for the Yu River . By 1645 during the Qing Dynasty, it was part of Chongqing Prefecture . In 1913 (Republic of China), it was part of Dongchuan Circuit . In 1927, it was reassigned to Changgong Bureau of Sichuan Province. And in 1935, of the Eighth Administrative Inspection Area of Sichuan. On November 16, 1949, Pengshui was captured by the communists.